Over 100 Feared Dead As Russian Tourist Ship Sinks

110 people are thought missing or dead after a Russian boat sank
on the Volga river, the BBC
reports.

The boat's capacity was 120 passengers and crew, but 208 people
were on board the ship when it sank, leading authorities to think
that negligence was the cause of the accident.

Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has said the Soviet-era boat was in poor condition,
and has ordered a check on Russian transport systems after the
accident.

80 people were rescued, but officials have little hope of finding
more survivors.
The Telegraph reports that about 50 people were trapped in
the ship's music room when it sank, and most of those trapped
were children.

The Volga is Europe's largest river, and the BBC reports
it is popular with tourists in the summer.